Asia/CIS/NIS/Russia



Azerbaijan

Baku Baltimore OmniTel, LLC
Baku Baltimore OmniTel, LLC (BBOT), an operational component of Omni established in 1999 and headquartered in Baku, Azerbaijan, owns and operates a 3.8 meter earth station, and has operating rights of the 9.3 meter Intelsat earth station.

These satellite earth stations facilitate high quality, international telecommunication services to wholesale and retail customers including telecommunications companies, government entities, postal, telephone, and telegraph providers (PTT's), international banking institutions, and various international privately owned companies.


Omni/BBOT 9.3 meter satellite
gateway in Azerbaijan
HUB/Gateway Service Provider
Omni, through its affiliate BBOT, installed and has operating rights of the 9.3 meter Intelsat earth station, which is the only Intelsat Type-B approved earth station in the Caucasus for international HUB/gateway services for voice and broadband data to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Authorized Telecommunications Operator
BBOT has a signed interconnectivity agreement with the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This agreement enables BBOT to negotiate with any international carrier to carry terminating traffic to Azerbaijan and transiting traffic through Azerbaijan, to locations such as Uzbekistan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.

Pre-paid Calling Cards
BBOT is an authorized pre-paid calling card provider to the Republic of Azerbaijan and plans to implement an International Pre-Paid Calling Card, which will be available for sale in PTT locations.

Caspian American Telecommunications LLC (CATEL)
Omni is also one of the founding partners and currently the operator of Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC (CATEL), the first telecommunications joint venture between the Government of Azerbaijan and an American company. This $42.5 million project was established in 1998 with Metromedia, American Insurance Group (AIG), and WorldTel to create a wireless local loop to provide telephone services to people in Azerbaijan. Currently, CATEL has more than 10,000 customers and 75 employees. In addition to providing customers internet service with AzerOnline, CATEL has recently introduced 3G technology to Azerbaijan, as noted in the Asia-Pacific Worldwide Section of the CDMA Development Group website (www.cdg.org).

Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev (center)
at the CATEL Ribbon Cutting in 1998
Omni Communications President, Derya Yavalar,
speaking at the CATEL Ribbon Cutting in Baku

Land Development Project
Omni Communications, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Azerbaijan for a major mixed-use international land development project along the Caspian Sea in Baku. The 700-hectare (approximately 2,000-acre) project will include: hotels, condominiums, a business center, medical center and marina. Omni is working with a development team, and will be the telecommunications service provider and operator for this project.

The Republic of Tartarstan

License
Omni Communications has signed a joint venture agreement to provide wireless communications in the Kazan Republic of Tartarstan.

The Republic of Moldova

License
Omni Communications has been awarded cellular and long distance licenses in the Gagavuz Republic of Moldova.

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